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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
99% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
74% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.96 s
File size
76.30 kB
Words
1141
Media files
8
Number of links
121 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home | Harvey Mudd College
The length of the page title is perfect. (263 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.hmc.edu/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1141 words. That's ok.
26.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
15 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.4 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 23 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...s/2023/08/academic-block_common-core.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...t/uploads/2023/08/academic-block_hsa.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ads/2023/08/academic-block_the-major.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ploads/2023/08/academic-block_clinic.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...oads/2023/08/academic-block_research.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...t/themes/mudd-2021/images/seal-black.pngHarvey Mudd College seal
Video URLWidthHeight
/wp-content/themes/mudd2021-home/video1.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nezJ9MEXbnk560315

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Harvey Mudd College
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Harvey Mudd College
H2 The Liberal Arts College of Engineering, Science and Mathematics
H2 Commencement Livestream
H2 News and Events
H2 About Mudd
H2 Academics
H2 Life @ Mudd
H2 Mudders Can
H3 Latest News
H3 Upcoming Events
H3 Curriculum
H3 The Common Core
H3 Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
H3 The Major
H3 Senior Capstone Experience
H3 The Clinic Program
H3 Research
H3 Shailee Samar ’18
H3 Christopher Pong ’08
H3 Mary Jessie Celestin ’21
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 1 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor Skip to main content
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor Skip to navigation for this section
https://www.hmc.edu/Home
/resources/students/Students
/resources/faculty-staff/Faculty and Staff
https://www.hmc.edu/alumni/Alumni
https://www.hmc.edu/parents/Parents
https://www.hmc.edu/resources/Mudd A–Z
https://www.hmc.edu/admission/Admission and Financial Aid
/admission/discover/Discover Harvey Mudd
/admission/connect/Connect to Harvey Mudd
/admission/apply/Apply to Harvey Mudd
/admission/afford/Afford to attend Harvey Mudd
https://www.hmc.edu/academics/Academics
https://www.hmc.edu/biology/Biology
https://www.hmc.edu/chemistry/Chemistry
https://www.hmc.edu/cs/Computer Science
https://www.hmc.edu/engineering/Engineering
https://www.hmc.edu/hsa/Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
https://www.hmc.edu/mathematics/Mathematics
https://www.hmc.edu/physics/Physics
https://www.hmc.edu/hixon-center/Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment
/academics/interdisciplinary-c...Center for Design Education
/academics/interdisciplinary-c...Hixon-Riggs Program for Responsive Science and Engineering
/academics/majors/Majors at Harvey Mudd
/academics/emphases/Academic Emphases at Harvey Mudd
/academics/faculty/Faculty of Harvey Mudd
/academics/common-core-curricu...Common Core Curriculum
/academics/english-language-le...English Language Learning
https://www.hmc.edu/registrar/Registrar
/dean-of-faculty/Dean of the Faculty
/institutional-research/Institutional Research
/learning-programs/Learning Programs
https://www.hmc.edu/study-abroad/Study Abroad
https://www.hmc.edu/upward-bound/Upward Bound
/summer-session/Summer Session
https://www.hmc.edu/makerspace/The Makerspace
/entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurship
https://www.hmc.edu/clinic/Clinic
/clinic/clinic-sponsors-and-pr...Sponsors and Projects
/clinic/prospective-sponsors/Prospective Sponsors
/clinic/impact-on-society/Impact on Society
/clinic/clinic-events/Clinic Events
/clinic/history-of-the-clinic-...History of the Clinic Program
/clinic/clinic-program-contacts/Clinic Program Contacts
https://www.hmc.edu/research/Research
/research/summer-research-and-...Summer Research and Scholarship
/research/research-areas/Scholarship Focus Areas and Research Labs
/research/research-videos/Research Videos
/research/grant-resources-admi...Sponsored Faculty Research
/research/internal-faculty-res...HMC-Sponsored Faculty Research Grants
/research/grant-resources-admi...Postdoctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Computation
/research/student-research-opp...Student Research Opportunities
https://www.hmc.edu/student-life/Student Life
/student-success/Academic Resources and Student Success
https://www.hmc.edu/campus-life/Campus Life
/career-services/Career Services
https://www.hmc.edu/engagement/Civic and Community Engagement
https://www.hmc.edu/residential/Housing and Residential Life
https://www.hmc.edu/diversity/Institutional Diversity
https://www.hmc.edu/wellbeing/Wellbeing
/student-life/mission/About Division of Student Affairs
/student-life/staff/Meet the DSA Staff
https://www.hmc.edu/ashmc/ASHMC
/campus-life/athletics/Athletics
/student-life/commencement/Commencement
/student-life/orientation/Orientation
/student-success/accessible-ed...Accessible Education
/international-students/International Students and Scholars
/health-wellness/mudders-care-...Mudders Care for Mudders
/student-life/emergency-resour...Emergency Resources
/student-handbook/Student Handbook
/student-life/title-ix/Title IX and Sexual Assault
/student-life/7c-demonstration...7C Demonstration Policy
/student-life/safety-report/Annual Fire Safety and Security Report
https://www.hmc.edu/about/About
https://www.hmc.edu/about/visit/Visit Campus
https://www.hmc.edu/about/news/Harvey Mudd News
https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/Upcoming Events
https://www.hmc.edu/about/facts/Fast Facts
/about/history/History
/presidents-office/President's Office
/strategic-planning/Mission and Strategic Planning
https://www.hmc.edu/giving/Giving
https://www.hmc.edu/give/Make Your Gift Now
/giving/annual-fund/Annual Fund
/giving/endowed-giving/Endowed Giving at Harvey Mudd
/giving/planned-giving/Planned Giving
/giving/other-initiatives/Current and Special Giving Initiatives
/giving/ways-to-give/Ways to Give
/giving/contact/Contact College Advancement
https://connect.hmc.edu/regist...External Subdomain Request info
/admission/apply/Apply
/admission/connect/visiting-ca...Visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain Watch on YouTube
https://www.hmc.edu/about/news/Trivial anchor text
More
/about/2025/05/07/harvey-mudd-...Harvey Mudd Teams Have Strong Showing at Annual Math Modeling Contest
/about/2025/05/02/oyedeji-olan...Oyedeji-Olaniyan Awarded Watson Fellowship to Explore Music in Faith-based Communities
/about/2025/03/25/grant-suppor...Grant Supports Chemistry Teaching and Research
https://www.hmc.edu/calendar/New window Events Calendar
/calendar/events/visual-arts-i...New window Visual Arts– “In Full Expression”
/calendar/events/harvey-mudd-c...New window Harvey Mudd College Commencement
/calendar/events/harvey-mudd-s...New window Harvey Mudd Summer Session
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor Common Core
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor HSA
https://www.hmc.edu/Anchor The Major
/academics/common-core-curricu...Learn More
/hsa/program/graduation-requir...Text duplicate Learn More
/academics/majors/Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.hmc.edu/clinic/Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.hmc.edu/research/Text duplicate Learn More
https://www.hmc.edu/student-life/Text duplicate Learn More
https://magazine.hmc.edu/sprin...External Subdomain Shailee Samar ’18
https://magazine.hmc.edu/sprin...External Subdomain Christopher Pong ’08
https://magazine.hmc.edu/summe...External Subdomain Mary Jessie Celestin ’21
https://connect.hmc.edu/regist...External Subdomain Request Info
/admission/connect/visiting-ca...Text duplicate Visit
/admission/apply/Text duplicate Apply
https://www.hmc.edu/giveGive now »
https://store.hmc.edu/External Subdomain Shop HMC »
/emergency-preparedness/Safety Information
/health-wellness/mudders-care-...Text duplicate Mudders Care for Mudders
https://www.hmc.edu/map/Map and Directions
/resources/directory/Directory
/resources/privacy-statement/Privacy Statement
/resources/website-accessibility/Accessibility
/human-resources/policies-proc...Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Statement
/human-resources/employment-at...Employment at Harvey Mudd
https://www.claremont.edu/External Subdomain The Claremont Colleges
https://www.facebook.com/harve...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/harv...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Instagram
https://bsky.app/profile/hmc.eduExternal Harvey Mudd College Official BlueSky
https://www.youtube.com/user/H...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official YouTube
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official Flickr
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain Harvey Mudd College Official LinkedIn

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hmc.edu/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.96 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (76 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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cache-controlmax-age=600
expiresSun, 18 May 2025 21:39:15 GMT
access-control-allow-originhttps://physics.hmc.edu
referrer-policyno-referrer-when-downgrade
content-length16914
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateSun, 18 May 2025 21:29:15 GMT
serverApache
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This page has 6,680 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 639 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /admission/alumni-ambassadors/
Disallow: /parents/messages-from-president-klawe/
Disallow: /non-wp-sites/old-news/
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/hmc-core/images/seal.png
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

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